§ MR. SCHWANNI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the Education Department has yet formulated any arrangements for the guidance of managers of schools for the blind and deaf, under the Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act of 1893: and can he now give any particulars as to the grants which will be furnished by the Local Authorities for maintenance of children in the various institutions and the Parliamentary grant for education, in view of the fact that the time is fast approaching when the Act referred to will come into operation—namely, 1st January, 1891?
§ MR. ACLANDIt is not possible to give the particulars which my hon. Friend asks for at present. Some little time will necessarily be occupied, even after the Act comes into force, in arrangements for certifying institutions, and in 774 various communications with Local Authorities. It is not desirable, I think, that the Department should issue any Memorandum on the subject till it has more information than is at present in its hands.